Datasonic Group Berhad Annual Report 2022

Datasonic Group Berhad 150 Notes to the Financial Statements for the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2022 (Cont’d) 37. PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION (CONT’D) Group Company 2022 2021 2022 2021 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 Profit before taxation is arrived at after charging/ (crediting) (Cont’d):- Staff costs (Note 35) 43,265 41,910 9,908 9,594 (Gain)/Loss on foreign exchange: - Realised (98) 191 (4) # - Unrealised 18 (830) (1) 3 Lease expenses: - Short-term leases 820 827 822 641 - Low-value assets 74 85 22 23 Note:- # - Amount less than RM1,000. 38. INCOME TAX EXPENSE Group Company 2022 2021 2022 2021 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 Income tax expense: - for the financial year 2,051 2,273 234 186 - under/(over)provision in the previous financial years 134 (181) (61) (16) 2,185 2,092 173 170 Deferred tax liabilities (Note 27): - for the financial year 566 1,570 - - - (over)/underprovision in the previous financial year (239) 143 - - 327 1,713 - - 2,512 3,805 173 170 On 6 November 2012, a wholly-owned subsidiary, DSSSB was granted Multimedia Super Corridor status which qualifies for Pioneer Status incentive under the Promotion of Investments Act, 1986 for the period from 18 May 2012 to 17 May 2017 whereby the statutory income from approved activities is exempted from tax. The application for an extension of another five years was approved on 4 April 2018 for the years from 18 May 2017 to 17 May 2022.

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